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Definitions for Dress

[1] an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
[2] clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful.
[3] formal attire.
[4] a particular form of appearance; guise.
[5] outer covering, as the plumage of birds.
[6] of or for a dress or dresses.
[7] of or for a formal occasion.
[8] requiring formal dress.
[9] to put clothing upon.
[10] to put formal or evening clothes on.
[11] to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree.
[12] to design clothing for or sell clothes to.
[13] to comb out and do up (hair).
[14] to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often followed by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp.
[15] to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes.
[16] to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore).
[17] to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks.
[18] to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth.
[19] to cultivate (land, fields, etc.).
[20] Theater . to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc.
[21] to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only.
[22] Angling . to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. to prepare (bait, especially an artificial fly) for use.
[23] Printing . to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up.
[24] to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed.
[25] to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now!
[26] to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner.
[27] to come into line, as troops.
[28] to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line.
[29] dress down , to reprimand; scold. to thrash; beat. to dress informally or less formally: to dress down for the shipboard luau.
[30] dress up , to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: They were dressed up for the Easter parade. to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to dress up in Victorian clothing; to dress up as Marie Antoinette. to embellish or disguise, especially in order to make more appealing or acceptable: to dress up the facts with colorful details.
[31] dress ship , to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length. U.S. Navy . to display the national ensigns at each masthead and a larger ensign on the flagstaff.
[32] to put clothes on (oneself or another); attire
[33] (intr) to change one's clothes to wear formal or evening clothes
[34] (tr) to provide (someone) with clothing; clothe
[35] (tr) to arrange merchandise in (a shop window) for effective display
[36] (tr) to comb out or arrange (the hair) into position
[37] (tr) to apply protective or therapeutic covering to (a wound, sore, etc)
[38] (tr) to prepare (food, esp fowl and fish) for cooking or serving by cleaning, trimming, gutting, etc
[39] (tr) to put a finish on (the surface of stone, metal, etc)
[40] (tr) to till and cultivate (land), esp by applying manure, compost, or fertilizer
[41] (tr) to prune and trim (trees, bushes, etc)
[42] (tr) to groom (an animal, esp a horse)
[43] (tr) to convert (tanned hides) into leather
[44] (tr) archaic to spay or neuter (an animal)
[45] angling to tie (a fly)
[46] military to bring (troops) into line or (of troops) to come into line (esp in the phrase dress ranks )
[47] dress ship nautical to decorate a vessel by displaying all signal flags on lines run from the bow to the stern over the mast trucks
[48] a one-piece garment for a woman, consisting of a skirt and bodice
[49] complete style of clothing; costume formal dress ; military dress
[50] (modifier) suitable or required for a formal occasion a dress shirt
[51] the outer covering or appearance, esp of living things trees in their spring dress of leaves

Words related to Dress

gown, frock, attire, garb, uniform, apparel, costume, suit, wardrobe, robe, skirt, ensemble, smock, trim, drape, don, adorn, cover, decorate, clothe

Words nearby Dress

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Origin of Dress

1275–1325; Middle English dressen < Anglo-French dresser, dresc(i)er, to arrange, prepare, Old French drecier < Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre, derivative of Latin dīrēctus direct; noun use of v. in sense “attire” from circa 1600

Other words from Dress

half-dressed , adjective
out·dress , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Dress

C14: from Old French drecier, ultimately from Latin dīrigere to direct

Synonyms for Dress

apparel, attire, costume, ensemble, frock, garb, gown, robe, skirt, smock, suit, uniform, wardrobe, accouterment, civvies, covering, drape, duds, gear, guise, habiliment, habit, muumuu, outfit, pinafore, raiment, shift, things, threads, tog, toga, trappings, vestment, Sunday best, attirement, dry goods, evening clothes, toggery